[ltp] Preferred distro for Thinkpads?

[Josh Battles]

Dillon Lawson said:
> I second Gentoo as the best os for a Thinkpad, it has the best support
> with forums and wiki's.  Installing Gentoo really lets you know
> _everything_ about your system.  Tho the install is time consuming but
> once thats done it will be faster then any Thinkpad using binary
> packages out there.  Who know where those Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, or
> Suse packages were built.....
>
> Also i can confirm the pcmcia, bluetooth and ir works on my t43p.
>
> this subject is all preference tho.
>
> --dillon

Please share your experience with Gentoo.  I've never used it but have heard
that it's a very nice distro.  How long did it take to install and compile
everything?

How did you get it on your drive?  Did you wipe windows completely and start
from scratch or did you use partition magic to resize your windows partition
to make room and setup a dual boot?  If you resized your windows partition,
how did you do it?  I'm unable to gain exclusive access to the drive even
after disabling the security chip as well as the predesktop area, so any
pointers you could offer would be fantastic.

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- Josh
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